Sunday, October 30, 1938

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Description

Opening narration from War of the Worlds Radio Drama. In the style of Orson Welles. Smooth, Classic, Enthralling. Production by Gerard Dunning.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

Australian

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
of the creature in the rocket cylinder Grover Mill. I can give you no authoritative information either to their nature, their origin or their here on Earth. We know now that in the early years of the 20th century, thiss world was being watched closely by intelligences and you just move away as his own. We know now that as human beings busied themselves about their various concerns, they were scrutinised and studied. Perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that school multiplying of a better term. I shall refer to scientific knowledge for an event with infinite complacence. People went to flow over the earth about their little affairs, serene in the assurance of their Dominion over this small spinning fragment of solar driftwood which, by chance or design, man had inherited out of the dark mystery of time and space, standing on legs, actually wearing up on a lot of metal framework. How aboutthe across an immense ethereal gulf binds the 12 mines as Al's onto the beasts in the jungle. Intellects vast cool announcer, pathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes and slowly and surely their plans against us in the 39th year of the 20th century came a great disillusionment. It was near the end of a toga. Business was better. Full scale was over. Move back. Sales were picking up on this particular evening. October Crosley Service estimated that 32 million people we're listening. You know, radios Wait. A programme to bring you a special bulletin from the intercontinental radio you before a mental time. Prospective barrel of observatory Chicago, Illinois Reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas occurring at regular intervals on the planet. Smooth spectroscope indicates for gas to be hydrogen and moving toward the earth with enormous beloved. That's the pitch of the observatory at Princeton firm's sales up the basin and described the phenomenon a like a ghetto flew planes. Dr. Begun. Thank you. You're okay, right?